Chennai: Punjab, Tamilnadu, and Kerala topped the national school performance index with Meghalaya and Ladakh at the bottom, the Union Education Ministry said.
As many as 13 states/UTs have shown improvement by 10 per cent or more in infrastructure and facilities. Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Odisha have shown more than 10 per cent improvement in equity. Nineteen states and UTs have shown improvement by 10 per cent or more in governance process.
The PGI rates performance in school education based on data drawn from the Unified District Information System for Education Plus, National Achievement Survey, Mid-Day Meal, Public Financial Management System, and the Shagun portal — all maintained by the department of school education.
In PGI, states are scored on a total of 1,000 points across 70 parameters, including access, infrastructure, equity and learning outcomes.